Tribe.net launches new profiles

by David Evans on June 17, 2005 in Dating Sites

It’s been a while since I posted here. Lot’s of interesting stuff in my backlog that I’ll be getting to over the next few days.

A while back I mentioned that Tribe.net was working on a new profile system. After months of testing, the new features are live for all members.

Users can add modules like lists, free-text, blogs, photos, share RSS feeds, amazon wish lists and much more.

You can edit the layout and styles as well. Like MyYahoo but much cleaner.

I especially like the My Testimonials option. The online dating space must move past background checks to reputation management. Background checks will always need to be an option to members, but peer-review is cheaper to implement, more fun for users and if implemented correctly with the right functionality, can let users manage their reputations effectively.

I, like most people, have a fascination with reading what people have to say about their friends. Testimonials are a great ego-driver. Next generation will rate testimonials like amazon recommends. Lot’s of new ways to slice and dice these new dimensions for matching people.

Grab an account and check it out.

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1 James R. J. June 18, 2005 at 12:39 am: Are serious daters really interested in testimonials from friends, reputation management (like truedater), and other features offered by social networking services? Traditional dating services with their generic profiles are successful in charging members $19.95, $24.95, and up, while social services are forced to give it all away for free. Would a traditional dating service be cheapened if it implemented the such features?
2 Dave Evans June 18, 2005 at 4:26 pm: Reputation management is not limited to social networking services. I think you will see much more happening in this space.
I don’t think that offering new and useful services to members cheapens dating sites. Stale profiles with not new features over a period of several years is what cheapens them.
3 Eric Jones June 20, 2005 at 7:24 pm: glad you like our new profiles…testimonials are one of my favorite modules as well. probably the most important source (for me) in finding out about someone.